WOW- what a day! We drove into New York City via Staten Island and then into Brooklyn - with the trailer!! YIKES!! Crazy driving with all the cars, people, shops, narrow roads etc... We found this "rv park" which used to be the original NY airport and now is a National Recreation Area. Basically we "slept on the runway" but we did have a great waterfront view of Jamaica Bay and only paid $10 a night with our National Park Fee discount - can't beat that! This is a photo of us all wading in the Atlantic Ocean with Queens in the background.
Jamaica Bay Beach
The boys even had a chance to do the Jnr Ranger Program there - Yay!
Shortly after we arrived this crazy storm rolled in. The clouds were black and the wind was so strong we could see them moving so quickly in the sky above us - even swirling a lot. We actually were quite nervous and shut all the vents and windows so we wouldn't lose anything and then we got in the car and drove to the Rec. centre to seek shelter.........and then DOWN the rain came!!! Apparently a few hours earlier a tornado touched down within 1 mile of this park.
Soooo excited to have met your precious family yesterday!! The Lord has certainly crossed our paths for a purpose and we will be praying for you all as you travel. Wow!! Your blogspot is snazzy!! I'm gonna need to take some design lessons from you, for sure!! Would you believe that we have been to the exact same places...Hershy's Chocolate World, Stoltzfus Meats (where we enjoyed buying cheese, sausage, pork chops and apple fritters!!) and the airport, of course. Can't wait to meet you along the way and get to know you all better!
ReplyDeleteYou guys are a couple of weeks early...I'll be in New York in a couple of weeks : ) any, don't miss places to see?...on the cheap (of course)
ReplyDeleteMicah has been reading your blog and keeping us all updated on "what the Harpers are doing and seeing". So much fun!!! Thinking of ya and looking forward to hearing even more about it when you get home in many months from now.
ReplyDeleteOur kids are now saying to us that they want to do a trip like it. :)